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nr SIXTEEN PAGES "VOICE OF THE FRONTIER” SECTION ONE MON. • WED. SAT. 9:30 to 9:55 A. M Pages I - 8 North-Central Nebraska ® BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 78.—Number 26. O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, 1 hursday, October 23, 1958. Seven Cent® I^iren Jon* and his wife at hospital , . . "hand and wrist simply dangled."—The Frontier Photo. Bowers . . . death comes while hospitalized. Tony Bowers 72, Bristow Man, Dies Rites Saturday at Spencer BRISTOW Tony Bowers, 72 longtime resident of Holt and Boyd counties, died Wednesday night, October 15. in Sacred Heart hos pital at Lynch. He and his wife had lived in re tirement at Bristow since 1949. Funeral services were conduc ted at 2 ip.m., Saturday, October 18, at the Community hall in Silencer with Rev. Harold Jensen, Methodist church pastor, officiat ing. Burial was in the National Bohemian cemetery at Spencer under direction of the Jones lun eral home. Pallbearers were William Boet tcher. Carl Kayl. Stanley Prokop Marvin Peterson, Melvin Johnsor and Clyde Beckner. The late Mr. Bowers was born December 24. 1885, a' Spencer, the son of Lawrence and Fiances Svoboda Bowers, lie was reared in this locality. On March 10, 1908 at Butte he was united in marriage with Til lie Belohlavy. In vounger life Mr. Bowers liv ed for a time at Plattsmouth where he was employed in the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy rail road shops. For a short time he farmed at Pacific Junction, la. The couple fanned many years, spending about 11 years on the Prouty place in northern Holt countv. Mr. Bowers was a member of the ZCBJ lodge and was an of ficial in Holt rural school district 93 near the Niobrara river. After leaving Holt Mr. and Mrs. Bowers spent two years on a farm at Emmett. Ida., later moving to Bristow to retire. The couple observed their aOth wedding anniversary in March this year. , .. Four sisters and three brothers preceded him in death. Survivors include: Widow Til lie; daughters Mrs. David iHaz el) Huebert and Mrs. John (Sadie Huebert. both of Mountain Home Ida.; Mrs. Bud (Rose) Shutt of Springview, Ore.; and Mrs. Clyde (Esther) Graham of Gretna; sons Lawrence of Bristow and Leon ard of Emmett, Ida.; 21 grand children; brothers—James of l re monl and Thomas of Plainview; sisters Mrs. Tim Woster of Plattsmouth and Mrs. Lawaence Bussye of Norfolk. Model Planes, Clocks, Paintings in S h o w Model airplanes, a clock col lection, a replica of an old-fashion ed living room, original paintings, cut and carved rocks and stones. These are just a few of the ob jects and arrangements to be seen at the benefit art and hobby show to lie held Saturday, Octolier 25, at the American Legion auditor ium The show proceeds will be turned over to Grattan township library’ for the purchase of new books. Each year the O’Neill Woman's club sponsors a library benefit event, explained Mrs H. D. Gil dersleeve, who heads the commit tee. _ „ _ Show hours are from 2 until 5 o’clock. Coffee and cookies will lie served. Admission will be 50 cents. Additional items are invited for display, Mrs. Gildersleeve explain ed. LOSES 40 POI NDS ATKINSON—E. H. Chaee, who recently submitted to major sur gery in a Chicago, 111., hospital, is convalescing at his home. He lost 40 pounds while hospitalized. Farmer, 25, Loses Hand in Picker Attempted ‘To Keep Stalks Moving’ BUTTE Thr season’s first cas ualty of the mechanical cornpick ing season was recorded on a farm northwest of here about 9 am., Saturday, October 18. I»ren Jons, 25, whose address is Bonesteel, S. D., had begun work in his field with a two-nnv [)icker. Working with him was a hired hand. I>'o Fox of O'Neill, a high school junior. "Just reached around with my gloved right hand to keep some stalks moving along that were go ing to plug up the picker. "I can remember everything that happened. 1 could reach the tractor and put my foot on the clutch. I could also reach the wrench box. With Fox's help I loosened some nuts, one roller dropped down, and neighbors who came helped free me. "The pain by that time wasn’t as great as at first.” Jons said in the firijj round of the field the picker had plugged up a dozen times. He intended to finish the row and move to an other field. Dryness was blamed for the breaking up of the com and the choking of the two-row picker. The youthful farmer lost very little blood. His wife is the daugh ter of Rev. and Mrs. Chester An derson. The couple has two chil dren one four-years-old and a baby four-months-old. Within a few minutes ufter the accident a neighbor came upon the scene. Within 10 minutes the word had spread and a half-dozen neighbors were on the scene. Jons was rushed to St. Anthony’s hos pital following emergency treat ment and the arm was amputated above the wrist. “The hand and wrist simply dangled there,’’ he told "The Voice of The Frontier" radio au dience in a bedside interview at St. Anthony’s hospital. The report was heal'd on Wednesday’s pro gram (WJAG, 780 kc). Mrs. Roy Tuttle Dies Unexpectedly EWING Mrs. Roy (Lois Mar garet) Tuttle, 45, a Ewing resident became suddenly ill early Wed nesday, October 22, and was taken to St. Anthony’s hospital at O’ Neill. She died about 8:30 a.m.— shortly after arrival at the hos pital. No funeral arrangements have been completed. Word of her death is being sent to a son who is in military service in Korea. GREEN IS HELD James Green, about 18, late Wednesday was taken into custody by Police Chief Chris McGinn and held on an open charge. Three of Green’s friends are being sought. Holt County Sheriff Leo Tomjack said the youths would hoi charged with traffic violations. Green is held in county jail and may lie heard today (Thursday) in county court. EMMET George Winkler was in Omaha twice last week for med ical attention. He was there Tues day and Wednesday, October 14 15,' and returned again Saturday. Three times during the past year he has been to Rochester, Minn., in behalf of his health. Jarman, 81, Dies Result of Coronary Trailed Cattle into Holt County in ’02; Rites Set Friday CHAMBERS—W. O. (“Odd"! Jarman, 81, who trailed cattle from the Platte river to Holt coun ty in 1902. died Wednesday, Oc tober 22, in St. Anthony's hospital at O’Neill. He was stricken early Monday with a coronary attack. Funeral services will be con ducted at 2 p.m Friday, October 24, at the Methodist church in Chambers. Rev. Charles Cox. church pastor, will officiate. Bur ial will lie in the Chambers cem etery' under direction of Biglin’s. Pallbearers will be nephews: Charles, Dean, Lyle and Ernest Childers, Clifford and Richard Jar man. The late William Oliver Jarman was born June 12, 1877, at Kir wan, Kans.. a son of William Oliv er and Rebecca Hyde Jarman. His Jarman . . . born in Kansas. parents and four other families from Ohio had made their way west to Kansas by oxen-drawn covered wagons in 1869. These five families were never molested by Indians during the early days on tHe Kansas prairie when many settlers were killed by redskins. Fifty-seven years ago Mr. Jar man and his wife, the former Elva Childers, came to Holt county. They had been married at Genoa. They had one child when they set tled one mile east of Chambers for one year. For nine years the Jarmans liv ed nine miles west of town and then moved north of that place for a number of years. They became the parents of three children. One died in infancy. Mrs. Jarman died August 26, 1941. In February, 1946, at Los Ang eles, Calif., Mr. Jarman married Cynthia Johnson. They lived on a Holt county ranch several years and retired eight years ago, mov ing to Atkinson. Mr. Jarman was a member of the Methodist church and the Odd Fellows lodge. For many years he served as a member of the South Fork and Holt county fair boards. In recent years he was honored as a 50-year livestock shipper by the Omaha Livestock Market. Survivors include : Widow - Cyn thia; son Everett M. of Cham bers: daughter Mrs. Thomas (Vera) New of Spalding; four grandchildren and s i x great grandchildren. Meadow < <rove Hits Chambers, 45-0 — CHAMBERS — A chap named Arlyn Suckstorf from Meadow Grove dealt the Chambers Coyotes a fit Friday night as the Coyotes were humbled, 45-6. Mr. Suchstorf accounted for most of the Trojans’ points. The Coyotes tallied in the sec ond on an aerial conection. 350 Confirmed by Archbishop Bergan Leibert to Open Concert Series Richard Leibert, organist at the Radio City Music Hall in New York and nationally-known artist, will open the O'Neill Community Concert Series for 1958-59 Wed nesday evening, October 29, in the O'Neill public school auditorium The popular chief organist at Music Hall is one of the organ’s most versatile exponents, Mr. Leibert transfers his talents from the largest pipe organs to the most modem electronic instru ments. As an interpreter, impro visor and breathtaking technican. he is considered top-notch. Mr. I.iebert is known as a com poser. Some of the ballets he has composed have been performed at the Music Hall, while his most famous waltz composition, “Come Dance with Me", has achieved in ternational fame. He is master of the largest organ of its kind in the world. . . . . Three hundred fifty persons were confirmed Wednesday, Octo ber 22, by Most Rev. Gerald T. Bergan, archbishop of the Omaha diocese of the Roman Catholic church, in rites in St. Patrick's church here. The 10:30 a.m. confirmation rite was followed by benediction. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Froelich were sponsors. Ages of confirm ants, according to Very Rev. Tim othy O'Sullivan, church pastor, ranged from seven-years-old to Mrs. Elizabeth Conard, who is 82. Children confirmed were (con firmation name in parenthesis): Ellen Marie (Agnes) Abart, Sus an (Theresa) Abart, Eric (John* Allen, Connie (Veronica* Anson, Gerald (John) Anson, Janet (Theresa) Anson, Bruce (Mat thew) Appleby, Linda (Theresa* Appleby, Jarry (Michael) Babut zke, Donald (Peter) Beelart, Jo seph (James) Beelart, Kenneth (Michael) Beelart, Mary Jane (Catherine* Beelart, James (Hen ry) Beha, Mary Ellen (Elizabeth* ! Beha, Nancy (Geraldine) Benze. (Continued on page 5.) Archbishop Bergan in Confirmation Visits This class of 48 including children and adults was confirmed Tuesday, October 21, at St. Peter’s Catholic church at Ewing. The confirming prelate was Most Rev. Gerald T. Bergan, archbishop of Omaha. Earlier he confirmed a class at St. John’s church south of Ewing, and later was to visit churches at O'Neill. Emmet and Atkinson. Front row (left-to-right)- Linda Yelli, Linda Dougherty, Brenda Rotherham, Patty Lofquest, Georgeann Kel logg, Jeanne Finley, Carol Chmiel, Vicky Miller, Charlene Miller; second row Linda Kaczor, Mary Bergstrom, Shirley Bollwitt, Monica Munn, Shir ley Larsen, Kathy Burk. Mary Sharon Munn, Kathy Lofquest, Jeanne Hobbs, Barbara Vandersnick; third row Cynthia Savidge, Carolyn Bergstrom. Shirley Funk, Virginia Sojka, Jeanette Woslager, Michael Dougherty, Patrick Dougherty, Daniel Bauer, John Dougherty, Larry Kaczor, Philip Sav idge, Joseph Cunningham; fourth row Richard Kropp, Terry Schmidt, Jerry Miller, Francis Berg strom, Dennis Vandersnick. Dennis Finley, Joseph Rotherham, Terry Lofquest, David Rotherham, James Beelaert; back row -Mrs. Harold Savidge, Mrs. Carl Chmiel, Mrs. Lewis Vandersnick, Arch bishop Bergan, Carl Chmiel, Rev. Peter F. Burke (church pastor), Ronald Park, Richard Cunning ham and Harold Parks, jr.—The Frontier Photo. Five Sindelar children and their great-grandmother, Mrs. Pixley. The sixth just arrived at the hos pital. Children are: Wayne, 11; Carol, 7; Nancy, 6; l.uAnn, 4, and Diane, 9.—The Frontier Photo. Dameros Reared Two Miles Apart Reared of German parentage within two miles of eafch other in the Phoenix locality, John Da mero and Louise Catherine Gross man went to Butte on October 19, 1908 and were married by Boyd County Judge Lucius Leslie. The vows were exchanged at the home of Dr. and Mrs. James Stockwell. Their attendants were Mary Storjohann and Carl Storjohann. Sunday the Dameros received 175 friends and relatives at the home of their son. Carl, 26 miles northwest of O’Neill, in observ ance of their golden wedding an niversary. Mrs. Carl Widfeldt presided nver the guestbook. Mrs. Adrian Mitchell poured coffee and Mrs. Russell Angus cut and served the anniversary cake. In charge of gifts was Mrs. George Syfie, jr. Others assisting in the reception were Mrs. Rex Cobum, Mrs. Louis Siebert, Mrs. A. E. Boro and Mrs. John Kramer, jr. Present for the event was Mrs. Carl Thies (the former Mary Stor johann) of Minden, Io., Carl Stor johann of Independence, Mo., was unable to be attend. Others present from a distance were Mrs. Winnie Damero and Mr. and Mrs. John Pohkamas and family of Rapid City, S. D.; Mrs. Robert Rayhill of Martin, S. D.; Carl Thies of Minden, la.; John Thies of Council Bluffs, la.; Lawrence Storjohann of Chamber lain, S. D.; Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Boro of Fremont; Joe Rohde of Dallas, S. D.; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bratt and daughter of Cheyenne, Wyo., and numerous friends from Spencer, Butte, Anoka, Lynch, Stuart, Inman, O'Neill and Atkin son. The couple was presented swivel TV rockers by their three children—Carl and Lyle, both of □ 'Neill, and Mrs. Jack (Virginia) Bratt of Cheyenne. Mrs. Damero was bom and reared on the place now occupied by Carl, located 21 miles north of O'Neill and about five miles west (near Eagle creek). She was (Continued on page 4.) * Great-Granny’ Is Baby-Sitter for 5 Taking care of grandchildren i when a mother and new baby are , in the hospital is everyday news. I But when an 83-year-old great grandmother takes on the job of looking aftej- five great-grandchil dren while'their mother is in the hospital with number six, that is news! Mrs. J. M. Pixley of Fullerton a great-grandrtiother to 20, is do ing just that. She is caring for the children of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Sindelar. The new baby, wh" weighed 8 pounds 13 ounces, makes two boys and four girls in the Sindelar household. "It's just making yourself be lieve", she commented about be ing so spry after two heart at tacks. When Tlie Frontier camerman called Tuesday Mrs. Pixley had j the washing done, ironing nearly finished and the small fry were in ] pajamas ready for bed. “If you refuse to think you're old you’re not old,’’ she explained "I’ve been living at a rest home in Fullerton but keeping busy is better.” Mrs. Pixley lived (>3 years near Cedar Rapids She had five chil dren of her own. Her son, Alex Jewell, was killed several years ago. Mr. Jewell was the father of Mrs. Sindelar, whose maiden name was Doris Jewell. Oh yes. A visitor Sunday was another son, Loren Jewell of Cas per, VVyo. “He brought along a deer That’s more work. But it’s all right. We’ll enjoy it,” she smiled Benefit Broom Sale Gets Underway Today The l.tons club is holding the annual broom sale today (Thurs day), Frida> and Saturday from a truck stationed at the corner of Fourth and 1 Douglas sts. Lions will also be selling from house to-house Thursday and Friday nights. The brooms were pure based from the Nebraska service for the blind and the sale proceeds will go to th*' sight conservation pro gram in Nebraska which is Lions s pon sored. Joseph Welsh, 63, WWI Vet, Dies Gassed in Fighting in 1918 EMMET -Joseph M. Welsh. 63. | a veteran of bitter fighting in the battles of Chateau Thierry and the Argonne forest during World War I, died about 4 a.m., Tuesday, Oc tober 21, in St. Anthony's hospital lie had been ill most of the summer and fall and entered the hospital Sunday evening, October 49. Having been gassed during war combat after which one lung was removed, he was unable to over come the illness of influenza and pneumonia. Funeral services will be con ducted at 10 a.m. today (Thurs day) at the Church of the Epiph any here with Rev. Francis Price, church pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery at O'Neill. Simonson post 93 of the Amer ican Legion will conduct military graveside rites. Rosary was recited Wednesday evening at Biglin's funeral chapel. Pallbearers chosen are William Grothe, Harry Werner, Thomas Malloy, Gaines Rzeszotarski, Pat Corrigan and Bill Mullen. Honor ary palll>carers will be Homer Maring, Joseph Judge, John Con ard, Sewell Johnson, Doc Kloppen berg and Ed Etherton. The late Joseph Michael Welsh was born May 21, 1895, on a farm three miles northwest of Emmet where be s|>ent all of his life with the exception of the time spent in the army. His parents were Anthony a n d Julia O'Connell Welsh, who had immigrated to the United States in a sailing vessel. The couple stopped briefly in New Yprk City before coming on to Emmet. They homesteaded a half mile northwest of Emmet, where several children were lx>rn, later moving onto the place where Jo seph made his home until his death. For 27 years he was a member of the board of education in Holt county rural school district 76, spending much of that time as president. He was a momlicr of the Church of the Epiphany and the American Legion. Mr. Welsh was overseas in the army from July, 1918, until Feb ruary. 1919, having l>een hospit alized a portion of that time. He was in service two years. Survivors include: Brothers Walter of Emmet, with whom Joseph made his home; Thomas of Atkinson and John of Wilcox; j sister Mrs. Jess Wills of Emmet ; four nieces and nephews. 1 11 '■ '• u y uaiiMVJUU Ul J JIIMUUUUWII Welsh ... in uniform during World War I. John and Louise Damero . . . 175 guests on golden wedding day. Airport in Line for $110000 Another Step Taken Toward Obtaining Surfaced Runways Tlie state aeronautics commis sion Friday allocated a totai ii $147,501) in federal and stale matching funds for airport con struction and improvements » three Nebraska communities in cluding O'Neill, The commission also disclosed it was investigating possibilities ul having the city of O'Neill certi fied as a local service stop on if* northern Nebraska route of Fron tier airlines. A Burwell delegation, woe total of $30,000 from the commis sion toward construction of a ne» airport costing an estimated $48 out). The commission told the O'NeiB contingent, led by Mayor D. C Schaffer, it would get a totul ul $110,000 in state and federal mon ey toward a $150,000 airport im provement project if the city mi* certifications for local air serv ic* from Frontier over its norther* route. With Schaffer were two mem bers of O'Neill's new airport auth ority Vice Chairman J. F. Con tois ami Secretary H. Cl Kruse. However, if the city fails to gel certification, it wili receive $40,000 in federal money and $20,000 in State funds toward an $80,000 air port improvement project. The O’Neill authority desires to hard surface a northwest-south east runway. The airport already has a new administration building and a new visual range finding device. The $110,000 the city would re ceive should it win certification for commercial service, would lie composed of $35,000 in state fund* and $75,000 in federal funds. The delegation told the commis sion it felt commercial air servic* would be avidly used by commer cial shippers and passengers since the community recently lost serv ice of trains 13 and 14 of the Chi cago & North Western Railway run lie tween Omaha and Chadron. The Ainsworth delegation, Jed by its Airport Authority Chairman Harold Jessen, a former aeronau tics commission member, request ed $4,500 toward an $18,000 taxi way between an apron and the city’s north-south runway. However, the commission sail it would grant only $1,500 in stab aid toward a $3,000 taxiway. Tin city had proposed to hard surface the taxiway. Fred V. Stearns Fatally Stricken CLEARWATER A longtime farmer in the Deloit locality, Fred V. Steams, 68, suffered a heart attack Friday, October 17, and died that evening in Antelope Memorial hospital at Neligh. He had not been ill. Funeral services were conduc ted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, October 21, at the Church of Christ ia Clearwater with Harold Milliket of Norfolk officiating. Burial wa* in the Clearwater cemetery under direction of the Hoepfinger fun eral home of Neligh. The late Mr. Stearns was bon October 23, 1889, at Clayton, Ia. a son of Charles and Sadie Bea^ com Stearns. Ho was reared ii that locality and came to Nebrar ka in the fall of 1909. He was baptized in June, 19111 at the Pleasant Hill Christra* church west of Clearwater where he maintained his membership. On July 24, 1910, at Orchard he was united in marriage with Mary Jean Nolze of Clearwater. They became the parents of three sons One, Clemons, died in 1919 at the age of 17 months. After his marriage Mr. Stearnt began farming in the Deloit com munity and lived on the home place continuously except for a* interval of three years spent re siding in Neligh. He was living al the farm at the time of his death The late Mr. Steams served -a* a member of the hoard of educa tion in school district 46 for H years. For many years he was a deacon and elder of the Christiap church. His mother died in 1900 and hit father died in 1926. Survivors include: Widow — Mary; sons-Homer of Norfolk and Maynard of Clearwater; bro ther—Georgy of Granite City, 111.; sister- Mrs Jeanette York uf Kansas Ciy, Mo.; two grandchil dren and one great-grandchild. Barn Tool Shed Burn Near Lyncb LYNCH Fire Sunday destroyed a barn, tool shed and nine stack* of prairie hay at the Jake Muller farm located 1% miles north df Lynch and a half-mile west. Sev eral acres of ground were burned also and the blaze was fanned by a brisk breeze. Lynch firemen were summoned at 3 o'clock; Spencer firemen about an hour later. The flames came close to the Muller house but it was not dam aged.